This paper covers theoretical and practical Organic Chemistry and is regarded as an extension of the principles learnt in CHEMY102 and CHEMY201. This paper supports the major in chemistry and the minor in biochemistry.

The theory section of this paper (12 x 2 Lectures per week plus tutorials as required) covers advanced carbohydrate chemistry, principles of chemical synthesis, pericyclic reactions and natural product chemistry.

In the laboratory sessions (6 x 3 hours per week in one 6 week block) you will synthesize two compounds and characterize them and carry out a multi-step reaction preparing glucose derivatives with characterization.

The course consists of two formal lectures per week plus a tutorial. In some weeks the tutorial slot may be used to deliver lecture material due to public holidays affecting lecture slots and to accommodate timetable clashes for staff.

Tutorials may not always occur each week.

Lectures and tutorials are recorded on Panopto and are available through Moodle.

Lecture Notes

These must be purchased from Campus Copy or downloaded from Moodle. We recommend that you print these notes single-sided to allow space for extra writing and also print them large enough to allow annotation of figures and chemical structures.

Please note that Laboratory Report 1 is a compulsory piece of assessment.

At this stage it is assumed that the test and the final test or examination will occur on campus and in person.

These items will NOT be open-book.

In the event of a lockdown preventing in person assessment, each assessment item may be replaced by a 50:50 mark split between an online open-book written assessment and an individual oral examination; the latter will NOT be open-book. In the event that your mark for the oral assessment is significantly lower than your mark for the written assessment, you will have an opportunity to sit a second oral assessment and if there continues to be a disparity between your performance in the two parts of the assessment you will be required to undertake an in-person written test. In the event that the oral examination occurs via Zoom or some similar program, you will be required to have video operating, to look at the camera during the examination and to have your hands in view. If you do not operate with video, you will be deemed not to have undertaken the oral assessment item.

This paper has a Moodle page (http://elearn.waikato.ac.nz) where you will be able to access lecture material, problem sets with answers etc. There are also discussion forums where you can both ask and answer questions. All lectures are recorded via Panopto and are available through Moodle.

PLEASE NOTE: Moodle will be used for class notices etc and it is your responsibility to regularly check the site and your appropriate e-mail account. Instructions provided on Moodle and during lectures are considered to be given to the class as a whole.